Being CEO at TenneT, it is my personal mission to accelerate the transition to a sustainable European energy system. The energy transition is a major international challenge, requiring huge investments and far-reaching cooperation at European level and with many stakeholders. Together with over 9,700 dedicated colleagues at TenneT in the Netherlands and large parts of Germany, I’m on it. In close cooperation with our stakeholders we aim to deliver our Target Grid 2045: a future-proof, reliable and cost-efficient cross border onshore and offshore grid, ready in time to efficiently serve a highly electrified energy system. To do so, we constantly seek for innovations like our 2GW direct current standard for offshore connection systems and our ‘hub-ready’ 2GW offshore converter platforms.

Massimo Claudio Comparini has a long and proven track record in space industry, from technology to services, and in the Earth observation domain.
In 2024 Massimo Comparini was appointed Managing Director of Leonardo’s Space Business Unit and Chairman of Thales Alenia Space Supervisory Board.
From 2020 until 2024, he was Deputy CEO, Senior Executive Vice President Observation, Exploration and Navigation at Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and CEO of Thales Alenia Space Italia.
In 2016, he was named CEO of eGeos, a joint venture between Telespazio (80%) and the Italian Space Agency (20%). and Director Line of Business Geo Information at Telespazio. He was, at the same time, Chairman of GAF and EarthLab Luxembourg.

Ms. Koors is a senior managing director with Pearl Meyer and head of consulting services for the firm. She has over 30 years’ experience in executive compensation and governance, and has consulted to companies of all sizes and industries. She advises company boards and management teams on all aspects of strategic human capital decision-making. As an advisor, she helps companies deconstruct their long-term value creation objectives into tailored HR strategies that go beyond simple competitive parity—designing programs that consider a company’s specific business strategy, management talent, and corporate culture.

Ms. Koors is an NACD Governance Fellow and serves as faculty for the NACD’s director education programs and she is a member of WCD’s Compensation and Human Capital Peer Exchange Steering Committee.

Born in Genoa on 18th December 1975, she graduated in Economics from the University of Genoa in March 1999.

She joined the ERG Group in February 2008 where she is currently Chief ESG, IR & Communication Officer, with the mission to develop and monitor the implementation of the ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) Plan and to ensure the development of integrated communication strategies and solutions to guarantee the extensive promotion of the Group with the financial community and all stakeholders maximising the value of its reputation and protect ERG’s company image.

Lynn is the Chief Commercial Officer for S&P Global Ratings. In this role, she leads the global relationship management, business origination, commercial strategy, marketing, product and commercial operations teams. Her teams are focused on providing high quality customer coverage and product development services for ratings and non-ratings credit products, including sustainability and cyber risk products, data and models.

Before joining S&P, Lynn spent 20 years in debt capital markets as MD, Global Head of Structured Finance Strategy and Global Head of Securitisation at HSBC and EMEA Head of Flow Securitisation at BNP Paribas. Prior to her banking career, Lynn was a finance law solicitor at Clifford Chance in London.

Expertise in the field of sustainability, climate, energy transition, industry and trade. Developing strategy, leading campaigns, public affairs, networking, negotiating and engagement with corporations, governments, political parties and NGOs. Leading teams up to 40 professionals. Experience with (international) project management and crisis management. Very broad network in the business community at C-level, ministers, MPs and top government officials. Spokesperson, extensive media experience with national and international outlets and public speaking.

Sarah Russell was appointed to the Supervisory Board and as Chair of the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. on 20 April 2022. Sarah started her career at Toronto Dominion Australia Limited in Melbourne in 1981. In 1994, she joined ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (ABN AMRO), first in Australia and from 2000 in the Netherlands. At ABN AMRO, she held various positions, such as Chief Financial Officer at the Wholesale Clients Business Unit, and Chief Executive Officer at ABN AMRO Asset Management Holdings N.V. In August 2010, she started at Aegon Asset Management as Chief Executive Officer of AEGON Asset Management Holding B.V. In August 2016, Sarah became a member of the Managing Board of AEGON N.V., which position she fulfilled until June 2019.

Elisabeth Stheeman has been on the board of FTSE100 listed financial services company M&G plc as well as its Audit and Risk Committees since 1 August 2024. Elisabeth is the Chair of FTSE 250 listed Edinburgh Investment Trust plc and a Non-Executive Director of S&P 500 listed W. P. Carey Inc. She is an External Member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

She served on the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee until February 2024 and the Bank of England’s Financial Market Infrastructure Board until December 2023. Prior to this, Elisabeth was Global Chief Operating Officer for LaSalle Investment Management and prior to that worked at Morgan Stanley for almost 25 years.

For over 30 years, I have been committed to social sustainability in society and business.
For example, with an autistic program in quality assurance at SAP that attracted worldwide attention. Or with the introduction of the Scandinavian Barnahus concept in Germany, which makes it possible to traumatized children in preliminary proceedings not to be subjected to unnecessary stress.

Our companies in particular must be socially open and align their actions much more consistently with people’s needs.

Solutions that generate opportunities for everyone and at the same time have a convincing economic impact are crucial.